Netatmo Thermostat for Smartphone £99.99 @ Amazon

Great looking smart Thermostat, easy installation and perfect control over your central heating from anywhere via your smartphone. Had one for a month now and it was more than worth the £140 I paid for it - it's a steal at sub £100

​Haven't used nest, but having used this I can't imagine what extra nest would give you - and its a lot more expensive. I really can't fault the netatmo.

26th Nov 2016

tom6195

This or nest?

*pulls up chair and eagerly awaits the experts.

Interested myself

26th Nov 2016

have just had this delivered (very.co.uk had it for £99.99 with £30 new account discount) but is it as easy to install as everyone seems to suggest?

have got existing thermostat and bit worried about having to dismantle that and replace with the new one or will I be pleasantly surprised how easy it is?

26th Nov 2016

tom6195

This or nest?

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Original Poster26th Nov 2016

sportyfae

have just had this delivered (very.co.uk had it for £99.99 with £30 new a … have just had this delivered (very.co.uk had it for £99.99 with £30 new account discount) but is it as easy to install as everyone seems to suggest?have got existing thermostat and bit worried about having to dismantle that and replace with the new one or will I be pleasantly surprised how easy it is?

​Plumber did mine as part of a boiler replacement and wanted to know where I got it - he wants to switch to these from nest, said it was a piece of cake to install...

Edited by: "gskellorn" 26th Nov 2016

Original Poster26th Nov 2016

stiltsky

*pulls up chair and eagerly awaits the experts.Interested myself

​Set as many temperatures as you like for a many time periods as you like on a many different days as you like - override or adjust wherever, whenever you like on your phone. What else could you ask for? :-)

Edited by: "gskellorn" 26th Nov 2016

Original Poster26th Nov 2016

Apparently one of the best things about this over others is that the actual stat is very low power, thanks largely to e-paper display (like a kindle) - happily runs standalone purely off batteries.

Do any of these systems control individual rooms yet? That'd be my main reason for buying wasting energy and not wanting to turn up/down rads individually.

Original Poster26th Nov 2016

benjai

They could potentially hack your central heating to get your wifi … They could potentially hack your central heating to get your wifi password, then access your entire network.

​Even if 'they' could do this, the juice of accessing my 'entire' network would not be worth the squeeze of hacking it and then driving round and sitting outside my house to access it... I don't wish to be rude but get a grip lol

Original Poster26th Nov 2016

stiltsky

Do any of these systems control individual rooms yet? That'd be my main … Do any of these systems control individual rooms yet? That'd be my main reason for buying wasting energy and not wanting to turn up/down rads individually.

​You can get this level of control, but to be honest I can't imagine ever wanting to alter the temperature of an individual room often enough to warrant it. One of these with TRVs in each room is perfectly adequate :-)

Edited by: "gskellorn" 26th Nov 2016

27th Nov 2016

stiltsky

Do any of these systems control individual rooms yet? That'd be my main … Do any of these systems control individual rooms yet? That'd be my main reason for buying wasting energy and not wanting to turn up/down rads individually.

There are apparently Netatmo TRVs due early next year (no idea on price); I believe Tado also has these coming.

Been impressed with my Netatmo so far, installed about 18 months ago, first set of batteries still going strong.

27th Nov 2016

gskellorn

​Even if 'they' could do this, the juice of accessing my 'entire' network … ​Even if 'they' could do this, the juice of accessing my 'entire' network would not be worth the squeeze of hacking it and then driving round and sitting outside my house to access it... I don't wish to be rude but get a grip lol

​It's more to use the bandwidth of your internet to do attacks on other websites, called a ddos attack

27th Nov 2016

rnp76junk

There are apparently Netatmo TRVs due early next year (no idea on price); … There are apparently Netatmo TRVs due early next year (no idea on price); I believe Tado also has these coming.Been impressed with my Netatmo so far, installed about 18 months ago, first set of batteries still going strong.

Hmmm.. Netatmo were meant to be releasing the TRV's THIS year... Have they definitely been delayed?Maybe they'll arrive just in time for spring...

Original Poster27th Nov 2016

td0s

​It's more to use the bandwidth of your internet to do attacks on other w … ​It's more to use the bandwidth of your internet to do attacks on other websites, called a ddos attack

​The point is, having your heating connected to your network makes such things no more likely than having your phone connected, or your PC, or your xbox... If you were this worried about being hacked you wouldn't connect anything - in fact you just wouldn't have a network.

30th Nov 2016

Got a very basic thermostat that can just be set on and off at certain times no smart management or WiFi. Are these worth getting? The way they learn and manage your heating sounds like it could save quite a bit over time if effective.

1st Dec 2016

bilbob

Hmmm.. Netatmo were meant to be releasing the TRV's THIS year... Have … Hmmm.. Netatmo were meant to be releasing the TRV's THIS year... Have they definitely been delayed?Maybe they'll arrive just in time for spring...

​Yeah just from following the Netatmo support forums it's looking like February currently altho as I understand it there's no official word

1st Dec 2016

tom6195

This or nest?

this, because you can use the thermostat anywhere without connecting it to the power socket. had mine for over 4 months and the batteries are still showing 75%